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Sentencing Amendment Act 2014 Public Act Date of assent Commencement 2014 No 38 6 June 2014 see section 2 Contents Title Commencement Principal Act amended New section 24A inserted 24A Adjournment for restorative justice process in certain cases Power of adjournment for inquiries as to suitable punishment Sentence of reparation Court may order reparation report Discharge without conviction Conviction and discharge Order to come up for sentence if called upon The Parliament of New Zealand enacts as follows: 1 Title This Act is the Sentencing Amendment Act 2014.
Page 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 1 s 2 2 3 Sentencing Amendment Act 2014 2014 No 38 Commencement This Act comes into force 6 months after the date on which it receives the Royal assent.

Principal Act amended This Act amends the Sentencing Act 2002.
4 New section 24A inserted The following section is inserted before section 25: “24A Adjournment for restorative justice process in certain cases “(1) This section applies if— “(a) an offender appears before a District Court at any time before sentencing; and the offender has pleaded guilty to the offence; and “(b) “(c) there are 1 or more victims of the offence; and “(d) no restorative justice process has previously occurred in “(e) relation to the offending; and the Registrar has informed the court that an appropriate restorative justice process can be accessed.
“(2) The court must adjourn the proceedings to— “(a) “(b) enable inquiries to be made by a suitable person to deter- mine whether a restorative justice process is appropriate in the circumstances of the case, taking into account the wishes of the victims; and enable a restorative justice process to occur if the in- quiries made under paragraph (a) reveal that a restora- tive justice process is appropriate in the circumstances of the case.” Power of adjournment for inquiries as to suitable punishment Section 25(1)(b) is amended by omitting “occur” and substi- tuting “occur, or to be completed”.
Section 25(2) is amended by omitting “section 10(4)” and sub- stituting “section 10(4) or 24A”.
5 (1) (2) 2 2014 No 38 Sentencing Amendment Act 2014 s 10 6 Sentence of reparation Section 32 is amended by repealing subsection (5) and substi- tuting the following subsection: “(5) Despite subsections (1) and (3), the court must not order the making of reparation in respect of any consequential loss or damage described in subsection (1)(c) for which compensation has been, or is to be, paid under the Accident Compensation Act 2001.” 7 8 Court may order reparation report Section 33(1)(c) is amended by repealing subparagraph (ii) and substituting the following subparagraph: “(ii) the amount or extent of compensation paid or payable under the Accident Compensation Act 2001 to the person who suffered the loss or dam- age in respect of that loss or damage:”.
Discharge without conviction Section 106 is amended by repealing subsection (5) and sub- stituting the following subsection: “(5) Despite subsection (3)(b), the court must not order the pay- ment of compensation in respect of any consequential loss or damage described in subsection (3)(b)(iii) for which compen- sation has been, or is to be, paid under the Accident Compen- sation Act 2001.” 9 Conviction and discharge Section 108 is amended by repealing subsection (4) and sub- stituting the following subsection: “(4) Despite subsection (2)(b), the court must not order the pay- ment of compensation in respect of any consequential loss or damage described in subsection (2)(b)(iii) for which compen- sation has been, or is to be, paid under the Accident Compen- sation Act 2001.” 10 Order to come up for sentence if called upon Section 110 is amended by repealing subsection (5) and sub- stituting the following subsection: 3 Sentencing Amendment Act 2014 2014 No 38 “(5) Despite subsection (3)(b), the court must not order the pay- ment of compensation in respect of any consequential loss or damage described in subsection (3)(b)(iii) for which compen- sation has been, or is to be, paid under the Accident Compen- sation Act 2001.” Legislative history 16 April 2014 27 May 2014 6 June 2014 Divided from Victims of Crime Reform Bill (Bill 319–2) as Bill 319–3D Third reading Royal assent This Act is administered by the Ministry of Justice and the Department of Corrections.
12 4 Wellington, New Zealand: Published under the authority of the New Zealand Government—2014